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The Truce at Bakura by Karen Tyers

So, I skipped ahead in the timeline. I’m absolutely going to backtrack, at least for some of the books, but I decided to read the EU “what happened right after the Battle of Endor” book because Aftermath, the new canon version, comes out tonight! I’m actually sitting at Barnes and Noble where Chuck Wendig will be speaking/signing right now. But anyway, we’re not talking about that right now…

So Truce at Bakura. I liked it. It was an easier read than some of the other EU books I’ve dragged myself through this year. I definitely enjoyed being back with Han, Luke, and Leia. For the most part, I liked their characterizations in this book and felt like they flowed nicely from Return of the Jedi. I liked that Luke was recovering from the Force Lightning, though that dropped really quickly. I liked that Han and Leia still snipped at each other but also you could tell they loved and respected each other. For new characters, I liked Gaeri and would have liked to know Eppie more, but liked what we saw of her.

There was one thing I wasn’t really sold on and that was Master Healer Luke. (Spoilers, FYI) He healed himself from the parasites. He healed Eppie’s brain damage. He removed the hypnosis whatever that Dev was under. It was just all really easy and I found it odd.

So overall, I thought it was a fun adventure. I’m ready to move forward with post ROTJ stuff soon.

Hm, I thought I added more to this, but don’t know what happened to it. So anyway, when Aftermath came out, people were making fun of this book, particularly the velociraptor aliens bent on taking over the universe. Somehow in my overall impression of this book, I completely forgot about that. I guess I just have selective memory and focused on Luke/Leia/Han and ignored Dev and “friends.” Oh well!